On January 1, 2020 the Reserve Bank of India issued a press release in which they announced the launch of their currency identification app. The app is called MANI, Mobile Aided Note Identifier. It is available on iOS and Android operating systems. Below you can read my review of the app, and at the end …
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Accessible currency in 2019
It seems that we have heard more about accessible currency this year than in any year before. If we read the news carefully, there is announcement almost every month somewhere about making currency more accessible, or maintaining the commitment. I will give a brief overview of what happened this year. As I explained in an …
Will the currency of India be usable for the visually impaired?
In recent news, we can read that the Reserve Bank of India is soliciting bids from companies to create a mobile app to identify currency to help visually impaired people. Unfortunately, as in most cases, bits and pieces of the news is picked up by online resources, and it is hard to trace it back …
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Rajeev Prasad, a numismatic blogger from India
One day as I was searching for something, I came across a blog, Coins and More by Rajeev Prasad. I found what I was looking for, and since there aren’t too many numismatic blogs out there, I was excited to find out more. This blog is truly a wealth of information. Rajeev is a retired …
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Accessible coins in India
When we talk about accessible currency, mostly we think about banknotes, which are usable for people with disabilities. In most countries, we can assume that coins can be distinguished easily. This is true for the most part in most countries. There are, however, a few countries where coins are harder to differentiate. When I was …
Back to India
I had a feeling that I would need to get back to India for more work, but I didn’t think it was going to be that soon. Though last year I spent almost three weeks in India, there was so much more I wanted to learn about, I was delighted to find out that I …
Collecting in India
It started about a year ago when I was first asked to do some work in India. After much preparation, I spent almost two weeks in Bangalore, and some days in Visakhapatnam and Pune. In general, I try to prepare for my trips by reading about the place I’m going to. Sometimes I do very …